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LEGAL PROFESSION AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO. 28 OF 2007)


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Legislation amended  
   4.      Terms relating to associates and principals of law  
   5.      Section 9, definition of associate, paragraph (e)  
   6.      Local lawyer is officer of Supreme Court  
   7.      Suitability to hold local practising certificate  
   8.      Section 36 (4) (b)  
   9.      Sections 38 and 39  
   10.     Application for grant or renewal of local practising  
   11.     Section 41 (2) (b) (i) and (iii)  
   12.     Section 41 (2) (b) (iv)  
   13.     Section 41 (2) (b) (v)  
   14.     Section 41 (3)  
   15.     Section 41 (6), (7) and (8)  
   16.     Grant or renewal of unrestricted or restricted practising  
   17.     Grant or renewal of barrister practising  
   18.     Conditions imposed on local practising certificate by licensing body or relevant  
   19.     Section 47 (10)  
   20.     Section 47 (10) (a)  
   21.     Compliance with conditions of local practising  
   22.     Amending, suspending or cancelling local practising  
   23.     Section 56 (2) (a)  
   24.     Section 56 (2) (b) and (c)  
   25.     Section 56 (2) (c) (ii)  
   26.     New section 56 (5)  
   27.     Other ways of amending or cancelling local practising  
   28.     Relationship of div 2.4.6 with ch 4  
   29.     Applicant for local practising certificate—show-cause  
   30.     Relationship of div 2.4.7 with pt 4.4 and ch 6  
   31.     Professional indemnity insurance—interstate legal  
   32.     Section 72 (3) (a) and (b)  
   33.     Section 72 (4), new definition of defence costs  
   34.     Section 72 (4), definitions of government agency and government  
   35.     Special provisions about interstate legal practitioner engaging in unsupervised legal  
   36.     Protocols with regulatory authorities  
   37.     Investigation of practising certificate applicants or holders  
   38.     Government lawyers generally  
   39.     Section 82 (5)  
   40.     Government lawyers of other jurisdictions  
   41.     Section 83 (5), definitions of government agency and government  
   42.     Official notice to other jurisdictions of removals from local  
   43.     Section 88 (3)  
   44.     Section 91 heading  
   45.     Section 91 (1) (b)  
   46.     Section 91 (1) (c)  
   47.     Section 91 (2) (b)  
   48.     New section 92A  
   49.     Section 93 heading  
   50.     Section 93 (1)  
   51.     Peremptory removal of local lawyer's name from local roll following removal in  
   52.     Peremptory cancellation of local practising certificate following removal of name from  
   53.     Sections 96 and 97  
   54.     Definitions—pt 2.6  
   55.     Incorporated legal practice must have legal practitioner director  
   56.     Section 107 (6)  
   57.     Obligations of legal practitioner director relating to misconduct—incorporated legal  
   58.     Advertising requirements—incorporated legal  
   59.     Section 118 heading  
   60.     Section 118 (1) and (2)  
   61.     Disqualified people—incorporated legal  
   62.     Audit of incorporated legal practices  
   63.     Section 146 heading  
   64.     Section 146 (1) and (2)  
   65.     Disqualified people—multidisciplinary  
   66.     Section 147, note  
   67.     Definitions—pt 2.7  
   68.     Requirement for registration to practice foreign  
   69.     Application of Australian professional ethical and practice standards to practice of foreign  
   70.     Advertising by Australian-registered foreign  
   71.     Trust money and trust accounts—Australian-registered foreign  
   72.     Section 164 (2), new note  
   73.     Professional indemnity insurance—Australian-registered foreign  
   74.     Section 165 (5)  
   75.     Section 165 (6), new definition of defence costs  
   76.     Approved form for grant or renewal application—foreign  
   77.     Requirements for applications for grant or renewal of registration—foreign  
   78.     Section 172 (2) (f) and (g)  
   79.     Section 172 (2) (i)  
   80.     Section 172 (3) (b)  
   81.     Grant or renewal of registration as foreign  
   82.     Section 173 (4)  
   83.     Requirement to grant or renew registration as foreign lawyer if criteria  
   84.     Refusal to grant or renew registration as foreign  
   85.     Grounds for amending, suspending or cancelling registration of foreign  
   86.     New section 177 (2)  
   87.     Amending, suspending or cancelling registration of foreign  
   88.     Section 178 (2) (a)  
   89.     Section 178 (2) (b) and (c)  
   90.     Section 178 (2) (c) (ii)  
   91.     New section 178 (5)  
   92.     Relationship of div 2.7.6 with ch 4  
   93.     Investigation of applicants and locally-registered foreign lawyers  
   94.     Appeals or reviews  
   95.     Definitions—pt 3.1  
   96.     Section 210 (1), new definition of deposit record  
   97.     Section 210 (2), definition of controlled money account  
   98.     Section 210 (2), definition of trust records,  
   99.     New section 210 (4)  
   100.    Money involved in financial services or  
   101.    When money is received by law practice  
   102.    Keeping of general trust account  
   103.    Certain trust money to be deposited in general trust  
   104.    Section 222 (5)  
   105.    New section 222 (8A)  
   106.    New section 223A  
   107.    New section 224A  
   108.    Transit money  
   109.    Trust money subject to specific powers  
   110.    Section 226 (2)  
   111.    New section 226 (6)  
   112.    New section 226A  
   113.    Dealing with trust money—legal costs and unclaimed  
   114.    Section 229 (1) (b)  
   115.    Section 229 (1), new note  
   116.    Section 229 (2)  
   117.    Costs of investigation  
   118.    Sections 241 and 242  
   119.    Reports, records and information by ADIs  
   120.    Statutory deposits  
   121.    Application of pt 3.1 to incorporated legal practices and multidisciplinary  
   122.    Section 255 (2)  
   123.    Disclosure—money not received as trust money  
   124.    Section 260  
   125.    Part 3.2 heading  
   126.    Definitions—pt 3.2  
   127.    Section 261, definition of costs review  
   128.    Section 261, definition of itemised bill  
   129.    Section 261, new definition of public authority  
   130.    Section 261, new definitions of sophisticated client and third party  
   131.    Section 261, definition of uplift fee  
   132.    New section 261A  
   133.    Purpose—pt 3.2  
   134.    Pt 3.2 also applies by agreement or at client's  
   135.    Section 264 (2) (a)  
   136.    New section 264 (2A)  
   137.    Displacement of pt 3.2  
   138.    Section 266  
   139.    What happens when different laws apply to a  
   140.    Disclosure of costs to client  
   141.    New section 269 (1) (ba)  
   142.    Section 269 (1) (e)  
   143.    Section 269 (1) (i) (i)  
   144.    Section 269 (1) (l) (i)  
   145.    Section 269 (1) (l), note  
   146.    New section 269 (1A) and (1B)  
   147.    New section 269 (3) and (4)  
   148.    Disclosure if another law practice is to be  
   149.    Section 271 heading  
   150.    Section 271 (2) and (3)  
   151.    Exceptions to requirement for disclosure  
   152.    Section 272 (1) (c) (ii)  
   153.    Section 272 (1) (c) (iv)  
   154.    Section 272 (2)  
   155.    Section 274  
   156.    Form of disclosure  
   157.    Section 277 (1), (2) and (3)  
   158.    Progress reports  
   159.    On what basis are legal costs  
   160.    Section 281 (1), new example  
   161.    Section 281 (4) (b)  
   162.    New section 281 (5)  
   163.    New section 281A  
   164.    Making costs agreements  
   165.    Section 282 (4) (a) and (b)  
   166.    Section 282 (5)  
   167.    Conditional costs agreements  
   168.    Conditional costs agreements involving uplift  
   169.    Contingency fees prohibited  
   170.    Effect of costs agreement  
   171.    Section 286 (2)  
   172.    Certain costs agreements void  
   173.    Section 288  
   174.    Bills  
   175.    Notification of client's rights  
   176.    Section 291 (a) (i)  
   177.    New section 291 (2) and (3)  
   178.    Section 292  
   179.    Interim bills  
   180.    Division 3.2.7 heading  
   181.    Section 294  
   182.    Section 295 heading  
   183.    Section 295 (1)  
   184.    Section 295 (2) and (3)  
   185.    Section 296  
   186.    Sections 297, 298 and 299  
   187.    Section 300 heading  
   188.    Section 300 (1)  
   189.    Section 300 (1) (c)  
   190.    Section 300 (2) (b)  
   191.    Section 300 (2) (d)  
   192.    New sections 300A, 300B and 300C  
   193.    Section 302  
   194.    Referral for disciplinary action  
   195.    Section 304 heading  
   196.    Section 304 (1)  
   197.    Section 304 (2)  
   198.    New section 304A  
   199.    Division 3.3.1 heading  
   200.    Professional indemnity insurance for insurable legal  
   201.    New section 312A  
   202.    Definitions—pt 3.4  
   203.    Section 316, definition of default  
   204.    Purpose—pt 3.4  
   205.    Meaning of relevant jurisdiction—pt  
   206.    Defaults to which pt 3.4 applies  
   207.    Section 328 (3)  
   208.    Claims not affected by certain matters  
   209.    Claims by law practices or associates about  
   210.    Claims by law practices or associates about notional  
   211.    Defaults involving interstate elements if committed by 1 associate  
   212.    Section 367 heading  
   213.    Section 367 (1)  
   214.    New section 367 (3) (aa)  
   215.    Conduct capable of being unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional  
   216.    Person to be told about complaint  
   217.    New section 397 (6)  
   218.    Summary dismissal of complaints  
   219.    Section 409 heading  
   220.    Section 409 (1)  
   221.    Section 409 (2)  
   222.    Section 409 (3)  
   223.    Section 409 (3)  
   224.    Section 409 (4)  
   225.    Council to give reasons to complainant and  
   226.    New section 416 (2A)  
   227.    Complainant and person complained about to be told about action  
   228.    Section 418 (3)  
   229.    New section 420A  
   230.    New section 426A  
   231.    Decisions of disciplinary tribunal—unsatisfactory professional conduct or  
   232.    Section 430 (5) (d)  
   233.    Compliance with decisions and orders of disciplinary  
   234.    Definitions—pt 4.9  
   235.    Register of disciplinary action  
   236.    Disciplinary action taken because of infirmity, injury or  
   237.    Sections 458 and 459  
   238.    Protection for things done in administration of ch  
   239.    Definitions—ch 5  
   240.    Purpose—ch 5  
   241.    Application of ch 5 to barristers  
   242.    Application of ch 5 to Australian-registered foreign  
   243.    Decision about external intervention  
   244.    Section 480 (2) (b)  
   245.    Part 5.3 heading  
   246.    Appointment of supervisor  
   247.    Section 481 (2)  
   248.    Section 481 (3) (a)  
   249.    Section 481 (5) (b)  
   250.    Notice of appointment of supervisor  
   251.    Effect of service of notice of appointment of  
   252.    Section 483 (1) (a), (b) and (c)  
   253.    Section 483 (2) (a)  
   254.    Section 483 (3)  
   255.    Section 483 (5)  
   256.    Section 484 heading  
   257.    Section 484 (1) (a)  
   258.    Section 484 (2) (b)  
   259.    Ending of supervisor's appointment  
   260.    New section 486 (1) (aa)  
   261.    Effect of service of notice of appointment of  
   262.    Section 489 (9)  
   263.    Role of manager  
   264.    Ending of manager's appointment  
   265.    Appointment of receiver  
   266.    Notice of appointment of receiver  
   267.    Effect of service of notice of appointment of  
   268.    Section 496 (9)  
   269.    Role of receiver  
   270.    Section 497 (6), new note  
   271.    Power of receiver to require documents or  
   272.    Section 502 (5) (c)  
   273.    Section 502 (6)  
   274.    Section 502 (7), definition of relevant person  
   275.    Lien for costs on regulated property  
   276.    Section 504 (2)  
   277.    Section 504 (3)  
   278.    Ending of receiver's appointment  
   279.    New section 509 (1A) to (1D)  
   280.    New section 515A  
   281.    Section 516  
   282.    New sections 519A and 519B  
   283.    Requirements that may be imposed for investigations, examinations and audits under pt 3.1 and  
   284.    Requirements that may be imposed for investigations under ch  
   285.    Provisions relating to requirements under pt  
   286.    New section 555A  
   287.    Purpose—pt 8.3  
   288.    Division 8.3.2 heading  
   289.    Subject matter of legal profession rules  
   290.     Rules for incorporated legal practices and multidisciplinary  
   291.    Section 584 (3) (c)  
   292.    Section 584 (3) (d)  
   293.    New section 587A  
   294.    Associates who are disqualified or convicted  
   295.    New section 589 (5A)  
   296.    Section 589 (7), definition of disqualified person  
   297.    Section 589 (7), new definition of lay associate  
   298.    Minister may determine fees  
   299.    Regulation-making power  
   300.    Continuing application of provisions of Legal Practitioners Act about  
   301.    Costs disclosure  
   302.    Dictionary, new definition of associated third party payer  
   303.    Dictionary, definition of client  
   304.    Dictionary, definitions of conditional costs agreement and costs agreement  
   305.    Dictionary, definition of commercial legal presence  
   306.    Dictionary, definition of costs review  
   307.    Dictionary, definition of disbursements  
   308.    Dictionary, definition of disqualified person  
   309.    Dictionary, new definition of government lawyer  
   310.    Dictionary, definitions of litigious matter and lump sum  
   311.    Dictionary, new definition of non-associated third party payer  
   312.    Dictionary, definition of scale of costs  
   313.    Dictionary, new definition of sophisticated client  
   314.    Dictionary, definition of supervised legal practice, new paragraph  
   315.    Dictionary, new definition of third party payer  
   316.    Dictionary, definition of trust money  
   317.    Dictionary, definition of uplift fee  
           SCHEDULE 1
           ENDNOTES


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